DRABBLES: LotR, AB, DitD
Tagging old entries at houses7177, I found these lonely drabbles floating out to sea. I realized that if you weren't friended to that journal way back when, you may never have seen them! Anywhoo, enjoy.
Title: Hush
Fandom: AB
Character: Damian
For the ABVH100 challenge: Silence
In the silence before dawn, Damian wonders what it would be like to never wake. To have this quiet peace go on forever, night time nothing more than a fevered dream easily forgotten.
When he opens his eyes at the kiss of sunset, that crushing weight is back. He knows he must go out once again, feed from the willing women, none his own.
The one woman who holds his heart- and other things- turns away time and time again, leaving him always alone.
Sometimes, in the silence before dawn, he wishes it were so easy to just let go.
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Title: Skipping Stones
Fandom: AB
Character: Edward
Challenge: Silence
When the world narrows down to just one point, the bloody impact, all he can hear is silence. That sharp nothingness that tells him he’s on target, the hunt will be successful.
Edward wonders if this is part of the appeal, the absence of distraction. The world is a chaotic place; he does his part to keep order because he doesn’t like messy things. Everyone needs a reason.
He ignores the small voice that says things will never be fixed; there will always be another monster to kill.
Death moves through splashes of stillness and tries to forget about tomorrow.
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Title: Knowing
Fandom: DitD
Character: Remy
For: Ebony Silvers
He knows what they do behind closed doors.
How can he not? He’s been around that kind since he could toddle. Or it certainly seemed that way. He heard things he shouldn’t have, like all children do, listening from behind sofas or under tables.
Things that made his skin crawl even to this day: the flash of sharp fang in just the right light or the thin whiff of smoke curling from an overly pale arm could stop his breath cold.
When Baby shut the office door and Jack held his calls, he just knew. He just wished he didn’t.
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Title: Inevitable Impossible
Fandom: LotR
Character: Boromir
For: Cinnamongrr1
The raw wind swept over the broken city, pale stones gleaming in harsh light. Boromir stood above the battlefield, grasping a banner tightly. He spoke the words of triumph and hope that buoyed all.
He was a man of victory; his spirit soared invincible. It was inconceivable that this warrior would ever fall. Surely such valiant honor would always triumph.
Watching from the shadows, Faramir felt a cold knot in his stomach. His father believed with Boromir leading the army, failure was impossible. The son of the steward of Gondor must succeed.
Never his father’s favorite, Faramir believed in impossibilities.
Title: Hush
Fandom: AB
Character: Damian
For the ABVH100 challenge: Silence
In the silence before dawn, Damian wonders what it would be like to never wake. To have this quiet peace go on forever, night time nothing more than a fevered dream easily forgotten.
When he opens his eyes at the kiss of sunset, that crushing weight is back. He knows he must go out once again, feed from the willing women, none his own.
The one woman who holds his heart- and other things- turns away time and time again, leaving him always alone.
Sometimes, in the silence before dawn, he wishes it were so easy to just let go.
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Title: Skipping Stones
Fandom: AB
Character: Edward
Challenge: Silence
When the world narrows down to just one point, the bloody impact, all he can hear is silence. That sharp nothingness that tells him he’s on target, the hunt will be successful.
Edward wonders if this is part of the appeal, the absence of distraction. The world is a chaotic place; he does his part to keep order because he doesn’t like messy things. Everyone needs a reason.
He ignores the small voice that says things will never be fixed; there will always be another monster to kill.
Death moves through splashes of stillness and tries to forget about tomorrow.
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Title: Knowing
Fandom: DitD
Character: Remy
For: Ebony Silvers
He knows what they do behind closed doors.
How can he not? He’s been around that kind since he could toddle. Or it certainly seemed that way. He heard things he shouldn’t have, like all children do, listening from behind sofas or under tables.
Things that made his skin crawl even to this day: the flash of sharp fang in just the right light or the thin whiff of smoke curling from an overly pale arm could stop his breath cold.
When Baby shut the office door and Jack held his calls, he just knew. He just wished he didn’t.
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Title: Inevitable Impossible
Fandom: LotR
Character: Boromir
For: Cinnamongrr1
The raw wind swept over the broken city, pale stones gleaming in harsh light. Boromir stood above the battlefield, grasping a banner tightly. He spoke the words of triumph and hope that buoyed all.
He was a man of victory; his spirit soared invincible. It was inconceivable that this warrior would ever fall. Surely such valiant honor would always triumph.
Watching from the shadows, Faramir felt a cold knot in his stomach. His father believed with Boromir leading the army, failure was impossible. The son of the steward of Gondor must succeed.
Never his father’s favorite, Faramir believed in impossibilities.